The producers of “The View” had a surprise for co-host Joy Behar that left her humiliated on live television.
Behar reportedly has a crush on actor Liam Neeson who was a guest on the show.
However, the producers sabotaged Behar with her past comments about the movie star.
“Joy will believe anything that you say because it’s no secret that Joy thinks you’re the hottest and the greatest ever,” co-host Sunny Hostin said to Neeson.
“And in case there was any doubt, we have a few times she’s brought you up over the years, I think we have some video.”
To Bahar’s horror, a montage of clips then began playing of her gushing over the star.
Behar can be seen saying: “I would just like to have my ashes sprinkled over Liam Neeson.
“There’s room in my heart for Steve (her husband) and for Liam Neeson, let’s say.
“I mean Liam Neeson right now, those kidnapping movies that he does get me so aroused, I can’t tell you.”
After the montage ended, an embarrassed Behar said:
“Am I blushing? Am I blushing?”
Neeson tried to calm behar down with a joke: “You received the checks, right?”
Behar said: “I have. I’m sorry, I’m speechless at this point.
“How embarrassing when they put them all together like that.”
Behar then yelled at “The View” producers behind the scenes, saying: “That was evil, Brian. Embarrassing me…and Liam.”
Liam Neeson — our Joy Behar’s favorite actor — tells us about his new movie #Marlowe and we look back on Joy’s well-documented admiration for him! 🤣 https://t.co/cVclFZQU98 pic.twitter.com/xXlrLNyYH1
— The View (@TheView) February 15, 2023
Liam Neeson — our Joy Behar’s favorite actor — tells us about his new movie #Marlowe and we look back on Joy’s well-documented admiration for him! 🤣 https://t.co/cVclFZQmjA pic.twitter.com/4YWDBgyVAB
— The View (@TheView) February 15, 2023
According to The Daily Mail:
Minutes before Joy’s co-hosts gleefully revealed the video montage, the 80-year-old comedian had been waxing lyrical about Liam and his acting abilities, telling him: ‘We talk about you so much, I feel like you’ve been here.’
Ana Navarro then retorted: ‘Um, you talk about him so much!’
‘Joy wants to get taken by you,’ Alyssa Farah Griffin joked, prompting Joy to fly into an impersonation of Liam in the Taken movies.
‘I will find you and I will kill you!’ she said while pointing at the cameras. ‘I love it.’
Whoopi Goldberg then jumped in to diffuse the awkwardness left lingering by Joy’s Taken rendition, returning the talk to Liam’s latest movie endeavor, Marlowe.
‘Sooo… Phillip Marlowe,’ she said, while awkwardly staring into the camera. ‘Why Philip Marlowe?’
But while the conversation lingered on Marlowe for a few quick minutes, Joy soon circled back to her fondness for the actor, telling him: ‘So I got this Valentine from you today,’ while opening up a white envelope.
‘It says: “Happy belated Valentine’s Day, Liam X” and I was like, “Ooooh.”
